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45% INCREASE IN COUNCIL GARAGE RENT.
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Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Where we live (nowhere near London or other city) £600 would barely get a studio flat. There is a long waiting list for council garages and they are twice the price of your garage.GDB2222 said:Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?1 -
OP, ignoring what the rent used to be, how does the latest rate compare to the market rent for renting a garage from anybody else?0
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Somniac said:
It compares pretty well locally with garage rents. It is the size of the jump which I thought a bit steep.user1977 said:OP, ignoring what the rent used to be, how does the latest rate compare to the market rent for renting a garage from anybody else?
I'm afraid that you have had the response that there's nothing you can do about it.
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
It depends on whether you can afford it. Some people pay £1000s a month on rent, if they can afford it it’s fine, maybe £600 is a large proportion of this person’s income.GDB2222 said:Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?1 -
does not alter the fact that, like everyone else, they are experiencing a cost increase over which the only control they have is to drop the cost or suck it up.horsewithnoname said:
It depends on whether you can afford it. Some people pay £1000s a month on rent, if they can afford it it’s fine, maybe £600 is a large proportion of this person’s income.GDB2222 said:Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?
sadly OP regards being told something they do not want to hear as being "rude"0 -
I am on a State Pension. Thanks for considering it.horsewithnoname said:
It depends on whether you can afford it. Some people pay £1000s a month on rent, if they can afford it it’s fine, maybe £600 is a large proportion of this person’s income.GDB2222 said:Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?1 -
So am I. How do you afford to pay your rent and council tax out of that? It leaves nothing over for food or heating. I’m amazed that you previously had £14 a week left over for a garage. You must be very good at budgeting.Somniac said:
I am on a State Pension. Thanks for considering it.horsewithnoname said:
It depends on whether you can afford it. Some people pay £1000s a month on rent, if they can afford it it’s fine, maybe £600 is a large proportion of this person’s income.GDB2222 said:Somniac said:
No.My rent is £680 a month. Up from £594 ish.GDB2222 said:
Based on your figures, you were paying around £80 per week for your house/flat. That's now going up to £85. There are lots of people who would be absolutely delighted to be paying £85.Somniac said:Title says it all really. I am a council tenant and I rent a garage from my social landlord. The rent for my garage has gone from £14 a week to £ 20 in one jump. Is this reasonable? My rent is capped at 7% but with the garage rent rise, it now amounts to a 12% rise. I know Councils are having to claw back money from anywhere they can but this seems unreasonable to me.
There are loads of people who would be delighted to pay under £600 per month in rent for their home. I just don't see what you are complaining about?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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